Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

jasontheterrible There is such a choke hold on media that no one ever gets to expose the truth about capital punishment. Virtually everything about this film is an out and out lie. For example David Gale gives a speech about 200 studies and they all say the same thing: capital punishment does not deter crime. I have no doubt there are 200 studies that say this but the best studies say the opposite. In fact, the FBI studies clearly show what deters most is the fear of capital punishment even though the USA has never really had a death penalty. Rarely do murderers ever die for their crimes. 30 years of law and order episodes have trained the dealers and killers that they must always hide the body. That is why murder rates have dropped while missing person rates have massively exploded. The left has also taught criminals that if they never admit guilt and there is not enough evidence, charges get dropped down to manslaughter. Hundreds of thousands of murders are now called manslaughter and that is how these nuts can look at you with a straight face and say death does not deter crime and the murder rate is falling. Over 600,000 per year now go missing. America does not really have a death penalty and rising manslaughter proves it. The few dozen that get executed are only the people beyond heinous. This film also presents the proponents as southern white males who are bible thumpers demanding an eye for an eye. MOST in law enforcement say the death penalty is a deterrent and vital to a civil society. An eye for an eye came from King Hammurabi and his code was the model for jurisprudence for all democracies. He was ruling Babylon 1400 years before the Bible was written.Most get away with murder but this film never tells the truth. Aside from that Kevin Spacey is accused of rape in real life just like this guy. They both got away with it.

bahrom1 Let me start by saying that I never give movies I review one star and I don't bother reading one star reviews by others either. One star should be reserved for something with production values of porn. There are very few normal movies that fall to that level and IMO anybody who doesn't get that has no sense of proportion and isn't worth paying attention to.All that said, I was pretty tempted to give 1 star to this. Such a sad sad waste of talent. There is suspense here and there is good acting by Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Kate Winslet and others. But to what end?! Instead of a provocative examination of death penalty (a topic definitely worth examining) which is promised for a large portion of the movie what we end up getting in the finale is a disgusting story with absolutely NO message. None, zilch, nada. It made me physically sick but that was all. If that was the filmmakers goal then they succeeded. But really, it would have been much easier and faster to stick two fingers down my throat.**** SPOILERS ahead**** The twist in the end serves no purpose other than to shock. It completely cheapens the subject matter and robs the movie of any moral value. Like if Clarice had turned out to be secretly in cahoots with Dr Lecter all along and went to join him for dinner he was planning at the end of Silence of the Lambs. Certainly it doesn't contribute to the capital punishment debate. If you were for it then you'll be reinforced in your views and think that the main characters were twisted sickos who fully deserved what they got and proved nothing by their stunt. If you were against it you'll just be offended.Two stars. You've been warned.

Mehdi Goudarzi After Sidney Lumet's "12 Angry Men", it was hard to imagine that a movie could come close to touch yet another frontier in American history of eye-for-an-eye social solution. If I would describe the genre of this great picture, I'll add "Mystery" to what is already written on IMDb. If you are planning to fully enjoy the movie, prepare to either read or look up the figures and intellectuals mentioned throughout the movie including (but not limited to): Kübler-Ross stages of grief, Jacques Lacan, the French psychoanalyst and etc. A great movie indeed which I highly recommend. all the best A.M.G.

mspradeesh786 This movie is underrated in Rotten Tomatoes.It has it's obvious reasons. The movie failed bcoz of flaws in direction. Kevin and Kate are a treat to watch but the movie fails to keep audience at the edge of the seat. Too much of time is spent on Kevins alcoholic dependence that deviates from a good script. Fine edition and direction would have given this movie and the actors the credit they deserve.Characters are not placed at the right places. Anywayz it is a treat to watch this movie if you like earlier works of Kevin Spacey. Kate Winslet justifies her role. Death row has always been a debate for mankind ...Personally I am against death penalty.We were all born animals at first in nature-It is only when we became superior in terms of population and capabilities of using our brain that we defined laws to contain our animal instincts.